]> 2026-04-12T17:30:51-07:00 Larisa 0 Russia Compact plants with wispy regular leaf foliage, early fruit set. Fruits are large and heart-shaped, slightly ribbed. 8-18 oz. Meaty but juicy flesh with small seed chambers and very few seeds. Very good balanced flavor that gets even better at the peak of the season. (''very limited, 15 seeds / packet'') pink heart large slicer indet. * A variety from Russia. It was sent to Ted Maiden of LaFollette, Tennessee by Marina Kirishcheva, Bryansk region, Russia in December 2012. * Larisa is the name of a Russian woman, Larisa Ivanova from Nizhniy Novgorog, who had been growing this tomato for many years. Larisa did not have a name for it, and simply referred to it as 'svoi', which means 'my own'. Hence, Marina labelled it 'Larisa' when she shared seeds with some North American gardeners in December 2012. * Ted generously sent a few seeds to Tatiana in December 2012. * Introduced commercially by [[:Category:Tomato Seeds|Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds]] in 2014. regular wispy midseason Ted Maiden, LaFollette, Tennessee 13 / Marina Kirishcheva, Brasovo, Bryansk region, Russia 13 / Larisa Ivanova, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia Larisa is a female first name, quite common in Russia. heirloom 2013 2016-02-15T22:40:21Z 2457434.4446875 Larisa